The Infor M3-Shopify integration creates a powerful bridge between your comprehensive Infor M3 ERP system and your Shopify storefront, enabling automated data synchronization that eliminates manual processes and provides a unified view of your entire operation. This specialized integration automatically transfers inventory, orders, customer data, and financial information between both platforms, creating a streamlined workflow that improves efficiency, enhances accuracy, and provides real-time visibility into business performance. For manufacturing, distribution, and fashion businesses relying on Infor M3's industry-specific capabilities, this integration forms the foundation of a scalable, competitive e-commerce operation.
In today's competitive digital marketplace, disconnected systems create inefficiencies that hamper growth and increase operational costs. The Infor M3-Shopify integration solves these challenges by establishing a reliable data pipeline between your specialized ERP and customer-facing storefront, delivering significant operational advantages:
Maintain perfect inventory accuracy across all sales channels with bidirectional stock synchronization between Infor M3 and Shopify. The integration automatically updates inventory levels in real-time as sales occur or stock is received, preventing overselling and providing customers with accurate availability information. The system leverages M3's sophisticated inventory capabilities including lot control, catch weight, shelf life management, and multi-site inventory planning, extending these specialized features to your e-commerce operations. For fashion and apparel businesses, the integration handles complex product attributes like colors, sizes, and styles with native matrix inventory support.
Transform your order fulfillment workflow with end-to-end automation that eliminates bottlenecks. Orders placed on your Shopify store are instantly transmitted to Infor M3, complete with all customer information, shipping requirements, and payment details. This seamless transfer initiates M3's sophisticated order management workflows, reducing processing time by up to 80% while eliminating the errors associated with manual entry. The integration supports complex order scenarios including back orders, drop shipping, and multi-site fulfillment, all while maintaining the business logic and industry-specific requirements configured in your M3 environment.
Create a comprehensive view of your customers by synchronizing profiles between Infor M3 and Shopify. This integrated approach includes complete purchase history, contact information, shipping preferences, credit status, and account details from both systems. For businesses managing both B2B and B2C relationships, the integration maintains appropriate distinctions in pricing, payment terms, and fulfillment processes based on customer type. This unified customer view enables more personalized marketing, better-informed customer service, and deeper insights into buying patterns across all channels.
Maintain impeccable financial records with automated synchronization of order data, tax calculations, and payment information between Shopify and Infor M3. This seamless connection ensures your accounting is always up-to-date, simplifies period-end closing processes, and provides real-time visibility into financial performance. Sales transactions flow directly into your M3 financial modules using your established account structure and posting rules, maintaining the financial controls and reporting capabilities that your business relies on. The integration supports multi-currency operations, complex tax scenarios, and international business requirements, making it ideal for global enterprises.
Ensure consistent product data across all channels with centralized management in Infor M3. The integration synchronizes product details, images, pricing, attributes, and availability to your Shopify storefront, eliminating discrepancies between systems. The system handles complex product structures including configurable products, kits, and variants, making it particularly valuable for businesses with sophisticated product offerings. Multiple price lists in M3 can be mapped to different customer segments in Shopify, ensuring that each customer sees the appropriate pricing based on their relationship with your business.
Our integration leverages Infor's ION platform and Shopify's API infrastructure to establish a secure, reliable data pipeline between systems. The architecture is designed for reliability, accuracy, and performance:
For fashion retailers and brands, the Infor M3-Shopify integration provides sophisticated handling of style-color-size matrix items, seasonality, collections, and other fashion-specific requirements. The system maintains appropriate inventory allocation across channels, supports pre-orders and back orders for new collections, and provides accurate availability information for each specific variant, creating a seamless shopping experience while maintaining inventory accuracy.
Companies in the food and beverage industry benefit from the integration's support for M3's specialized features including catch weight, lot tracking, shelf life management, and expiration date control. These capabilities extend to the e-commerce environment, ensuring that customers receive products within appropriate freshness parameters while maintaining compliance with food safety regulations and traceability requirements.
Businesses selling complex equipment can leverage the integration to extend M3's product configuration capabilities to their online store. Customers can select options and configurations through the Shopify interface, with pricing, availability, and compatibility dynamically calculated based on rules defined in M3. The resulting configurations flow seamlessly into M3 for order fulfillment, including any required engineering or customization processes.
Multi-national manufacturers benefit from the integration's ability to handle multiple currencies, languages, and regulatory environments. The system maintains appropriate conversions and calculations between M3 and Shopify, ensuring that customers see accurate pricing in their local currency while financial transactions are correctly recorded in your base currency for consolidated reporting.
Our experienced integration specialists will guide you through a structured implementation process designed to leverage your existing Infor M3 investment while extending its capabilities to e-commerce:
Ready to eliminate the inefficiencies of disconnected systems while leveraging your industry-specialized Infor M3 environment? The Infor M3-Shopify integration provides the seamless connection you need to optimize operations, improve customer experiences, and accelerate online growth. Contact our integration specialists today for a personalized demonstration and discover how quickly you can begin realizing the benefits of this powerful solution.
